A GCM investigation of impact of aerosols on the precipitation in Amazon during the dry to wet transition

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2017, Pages 2393-2404

  Gu, Yu ^a   Liou, K N ^a   Jiang, J H ^b   Fu, R ^c   Lu, Sarah ^d   Xue, Y ^e  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84973661002     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3211-7     Document Type: Article

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